Redundancy Issue

Eircom_Sucks

long story short

started my job october 2000 , in march 2009 i was put on a 3 day week , due to downturn in business

march 2012 the same boss opened up a new venture and changed my employment into this company , i was employed for 7 months on full pay , now this business has gone bust and he's put me back into my old job on a 3 day week again and he has said he can't give me anymore as their is no business etc

i don't want this , as i want to get my redundancy and walk away from this shambles , he says he can't give me it because the government will come after him for the money to which he doesn't have.

thing is i have a a diff job offer with full weeks pay and stability i want to take , but im not willing to walk away from this job unless i get my redundancy

do i have a case to claim ??? also if you could post a link to this it would be great

racso1975

I know a friend of my waited 12 weeks after being put on reduced hours/days and managed to claim redundancy. I don't know the full in and out's of it but know she had to wait 12 weeks before claiming it. This will prob affect your job offer having to wait that long??

Claiming redundancy
If a lay-off or a short-time situation exists and has continued for 4 weeks or more, or for 6 weeks in the last 13 weeks, you may give your employer a notice in writing of your intention to claim redundancy under the Redundancy Payments Acts 1967-2007 - see 'How to apply' below. If the period of lay-off or redundancy has ended, you must do this within 4 weeks.

Unless your employer gives you a counter-notice within 7 days of your notice, you may be entitled to a redundancy payment provided that you qualify for redundancy. If your employer gives you a counter-notice within the allotted time, it must be to the effect that within 4 weeks of the date of your claim for redundancy, it will be possible to offer you not less than 13 weeks' work without lay off or short time

You should note that if you claim redundancy in this way you are considered to have left your job voluntarily and therefore you will lose any right to notice from your employer under the Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts 1973-2001. However if you have been laid off and you are subsequently made redundant by your employer you do not lose your notice entitlements.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employment/unemployment_and_redundancy/redundancy/lay_off_short_time_working_and_redundancy.html

Eircom_Sucks

racso1975 wrote: »

I know a friend of my waited 12 weeks after being put on reduced hours/days and managed to claim redundancy. I don't know the full in and out's of it but know she had to wait 12 weeks before claiming it. This will prob affect your job offer having to wait that long??

its a family business so its cool

this job is dead end , being payed to flute about on the net , some people will say result , but i want to go home knowing i've done a hard day's graft